Zach, I’ve never heard of a situation in which a manager sought co-writing or story by credit with… But to your point, yes, writers must be careful. And if a manger *were* to ask a writer for shared credit, I would recommend quitting that…
Script To Screen: “Shakespeare in Love” The final scenes from the 1998 movie Shakespeare in Love, written by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard.
Reader Question: What about ageism and screenwriting? And who is the oldest person to win an Academy Award for Best Screenplay?
Go Into The Story Resource: Character Introductions Everything you need to know about the subject… and probably more.
Interview (Video): Katie Silberman and Olivia Wilde The co-writer and director of the new comedy Booksmart.
Daily Dialogue — May 26, 2019 Peter Warne: [on telephone] Hey, listen, monkey face. When you fired me, you fired the best newshound your filthy scandal sheet ever had…
Cameron, you sound like a writer who has been down the road on several writing projects and learned… It’s an iterative process. Do a draft. Assess. Rewrite. Repeat.
Saturday Hot Links Time for the 392nd installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…
Character archetypes Analysis of five primary character archetypes: Protagonist, Nemesis, Attractor, Mentor, Trickster.
Screenwriting Advice From The Past: The “Interest” [Part 1] “What he means by this “interest” query is to ask if your story has the element of human sympathy.”
Daily Dialogue theme next week: Diner Join the Daily Dialogue crew: 4,027 consecutive days and counting.
Interview (Video): Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely The Season 9 episode of the PBS series “On Story” with the screenwriters of Avengers: Endgame as well as other Marvel hit movies.
Daily Dialogue — May 25, 2019 Michael Colin Gallagher: Why aren’t you married? Megan Carter: How do you know I’m not? Michael Colin Gallagher: I don’t see a ring. Megan…
Great Scene: “The Shawshank Redemption” Red’s parole board scenes — three of them — are their own mini-story.
The Shawshank Redemption: Red as Protagonist My take is The Shawshank Redemption is an example of a Dual Protagonist story. Here is an analysis of the movie with Red as a Protagonist…
The Shawshank Redemption: Andy as Protagonist My take is The Shawshank Redemption is an example of a Dual Protagonist story. Here is an analysis of the movie with Andy as a Protagonist…
Writing and the Creative Life: Nothing succeeds like failure Re-thinking the role of failure in the creative life.
Daily Dialogue — May 24, 2019 Henry: I realize this doesn’t exactly get us off on the right foot. Paul Bladden, New York Sentinel: The right foot, are you out of your…
“Twelve Things You Were Not Taught in School About Creative Thinking” Not a fan of listicles. This one is different.
How They Write A Script: Robert Towne “The single most important question, I think, that one must ask one’s self about a character is what are they really afraid of? What are…
Go Into The Story Resource: 10 Screenwriting Skills and Traits You Need Develop your expertise in 10 areas to maximize your screenwriting potential.
Short Film: “Retouch” A movie by Iranian director and screenwriter Kaveh Mazaheri is a master class in emotional subtext and the power of expression in the human…
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